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Blackberries from the backyard today

Fresh juice thanks to my new juicer I received on Mother’s Day (love this thing so much)

p.s - even though the juicer can discard the peels (and seeds/pits) if you’re ever juicing kiwis I recommend peeling them first. The kiwi juice was not as good as I expected and I suspect it’s because of the taste of the peels

Tried my hand at making Pavlova. Made a few mistakes, but overall I’m pleased with how the first time turned out & I’ll do it even better next time.

I saw a few recipes that added custard or fruit spread inside, so I made one with lemon curd & another with apricot spread. I’ve only tried to apricot one so far, and I think it’s delicious.

Something beautiful and inspiring about the Amaryllis flower: last summer while in Florida, my grandparents had over 300 bulbs in a pile from years of growing these. I took home about 30. I had only planted 5 in our front planter bed, but since I was told these bulbs would be good for years, I didn’t quickly decide where to plant the rest.

So the rest have been sitting in bags in my garage. The other day I see them like this.

Finch eggs on our front door wreath. Trying to give mama bird her space as much as possible, but got to snap this when she flew away due to a delivery coming in.

Happy April! (ignore the details in the amateur lemon drawings lol) I am excited about more consistently warmer weather & all the things that grow.

Repotted my jades & Christmas cactus. I let them have some fresh air yesterday, but will bring them back in when the temps call for it. Still have 2 jade plants that need to be repotted so I’ll have to go back for more pots. Walmart has the cutest selection, which I saw over a month ago, so I’m glad I finally got to bring some home.

My hostas are coming back! In the pots, there looked to be nothing there a week & a half ago, and in the planter bed, they were just little babies. now look at them!

Beautiful day outside yesterday & my daughter wanted to paint. I sipped on a little cocktail while enjoying the sun.

My little sister and I (and our daughters) will be staying the night at our older sister’s house. We NEVER get to do this. Yes, when the whole family is together it’s great, but the 3 of us sisters have never stayed in the same place over night together in adulthood. And all 3 of our daughters (plus my 2 nephews) will have time together as well.

I stayed at my older sister’s house sometime last year and it was wonderful staying up late chatting, just us two. Our younger sister couldn’t make it then, so this will be a real treat. I feel so blessed feeling this way about my siblings.

All 6 of us siblings recently said we need to take a siblings only trip. We’ve never done that either. Hell, all 6 of us have never had an outting together, just US, at all.

Earlier this month I went to a concert that 2 of my brothers invited me to & I had a great time with them. That was a first for us as well.

We all obviously have our own things going on, but I feel like too much time has gotten away & it’s time to make some real plans together more often. No one is to blame, but we could all be better at it.

Used to be so easy to spot. We’d laugh when our grandparents couldn’t tell the difference.

And yes, even most of the ones that look very real, you can still hear it in the tone of the voices or movements, but guys…it’s getting better. More advanced. By next year we will be screwed.